As Biosecurity New Zealand continues to closely monitor the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Indonesia, Federated Farmers is urging holiday makers to also be extremely vigilant.

New Zealand beef farmers are being asked for their views on what cattle traits are important to them as part of a ground-breaking genetics programme.

Farmers across the country are being asked to go back to school as part of a new educational programme for children called Farmer Time.

Auckland Young Farmer Tim Dangen has been named the 54th FMG Young Farmer of the Year.

A duo from Christchurch Girls’ High School have won the title at the 2022 FMG Junior Young Farmers of the Year competition at the Grand Final in Whangārei.

The RD Sixer’s, a team of Waikato primary school students, took out the AgriKidsNZ Grand Champions title in Whangārei last week.

Federated Farmers has two new board members- Sandra Faulkner, Gisborne and Mark Hooper, Taranaki.

Golden Bay farmer Wayne Langford has been elected new vice president of Federated Farmers.

Outgoing Federated Farmers national board member Chris Lewis took out the Primary Industry Champion award in Auckland last night.

While most farmers are always happy to ‘recycle’ used tyres by using them on top of a silage stack, these don’t make much of a hole in the total number produced in New Zealand every year.

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